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The Cooking Show. From Franco Aliberti to Ismael Mewada, another Week of flavor and entertainment

Another lively week is lined up for the guests at The Cooking Show, the TV program which involves Italian and International chefs meeting to exchange dishes, recipes, culture and cooking anecdotes, while also reflecting on Expo Milano 2015’s theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”. The show is shot every day in the RAI studios inside the Expo Center, featuring the two chefs of the day, a special guest, and Lisa Casali, the expert on sustainable cookery who creates a new dish using the ingredients left over after the making of the chef’s dishes … demonstrating how care for the Planet and sustainability can be seen as concrete concepts to be applied in everyday life.

Great chefs, great guests

The weekly flavor adventure will begin on August 10 with the chef Gianfranco Pascucci and Mah Aissata Fofana, a distinguished cook but also a woman poet deeply committed to the defense of women’s rights in Mali. Lighter entertainment will be provided by Alessandro Fullin, comedian and actor from Trieste. On August 11, the culinary challenge will be between Franco Aliberti and the Swiss chef Jean-Yann Fuchs, while the guest for the day will be Maurizio Annoni, Head of the Works of Saint Francis for the Poor in Milan. Protagonist on Wednesday August 12 will be Igles Corelli, whose cookery is described as “Garibaldine”, because it unites Italy’s regional excellences, and Luigi Caricato, expert on oils and creator of the Olio Officina Food Festival. Haute cuisine again on August 13, with chefs Daniele Usai and Kotaro Noda, accompanied by Ismael Mewada of the Rome-based Barikamà Social Cooperative which promotes a micro-income project based on the production and sale of organic yogurt and vegetables. A special trip through nature and its natural flavors is planned for Friday 14 August, in the company of the young chef Michelangelo Mammoliti and the chef from the French PavilionAurélien Gransagne. Guest of the Day will be Giovanni Dinelli, Professor of the University of Bologna and expert on ancient grains.

How to participate in The Cooking Show

If you want to take part in The Cooking Show as a member of its studio audience, register at the Infopoint in front of the Expo Center, from Monday to Saturday up until 14:30, and on Sunday up until 11:00. The live show takes place every day inside the RAI studio in the Expo Center, close to Pavilion Zero, on Monday to Saturday from 15:30 to 16:30 and from 12 noon to 13:00 on Sundays.

Another thrilling week for The Cooking Show guests, the TV program where Italian and International chefs meet to exchange dishes, recipes, culture and cooking anecdotes, while also reflecting on the theme of Expo Milano 2015 “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”.

Another exiting week for The Cooking Show guests, the TV program that involves Italian and International chefs who meet to exchange dishes, recipes, culture and cooking anecdotes, while also reflecting on the Expo Milano 2015’s theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”.

Expo Milano 2015 passes the baton to the next Universa; Exhibition to be held in Dubai in 2020, from October 20 to April 10 2021. "Linking Minds. Create the Future ": The discussion on the future of food will go to the one on sustainability, opportunity and mobility.